Shiren the Wanderer
Our story begins in the capital, where Shiren the Wanderer and his sidekick Koppa encounter an old friend. Known as "Sensei" he is both Shiren's uncle and his master, having taught him the way of the blade…
Shiren the Wanderer is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Chunsoft, released 5 June 2008 on Wii.
What Shiren the Wanderer is
Shiren the Wanderer is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Chunsoft and released in 2008. It was published by Atlus. It is available on Wii only. It carries an ESRB T age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game's plot happens one year after Shiren the Wanderer GB2: Magic Castle of the Desert. Shiren and his partner Koppa reunites with his swordsman, Sensei, then led by him to embark on a journey to solve the mystery of the legendary Karakuri Mansion.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Mystery Dungeon series
Shiren the Wanderer is the 20th of 39 entries we hold in the Mystery Dungeon series. It arrived 9 months after Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness. The next entry was Fushigi no Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren DS2 - Sabaku no Majou in 2008. Its critic score of 78 is 8 points above the series average of 70. The highest-rated entry is Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island at 86.
How it was received
Shiren the Wanderer holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 3,814 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 13 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Shiren the Wanderer launched on 5 June 2008, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, GRID (2008), Battlefield: Bad Company and LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, GRID (2008), Battlefield: Bad Company, LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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